Glove.



No. 872,354. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907. J.E.LANDON.

GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.27.1905.

WITNESSES.

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x Q, m6 Aura/wo/ QQTTURNEYY State v of JOHNE. LANDON, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed December 27. 1905. Serial No. 293,468-

To all uihom "it may concern:

-Be'it known that I, JOHN E. LANDON, of

Syracuse 'in the county of Onondaga, in the New York, have invented new and useful 1m rovements in Gloves or Mittens, of which t 0 following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to im rovements in gloves, and refers more particu arly to leather gloves and mittens havinga reinforcin pad or covering fastened to the palm of the hand tofafi'ord. a wearing surface which is preferably made 'of aheavier grade of leather than the 'love or mitten.

T glove or mitten is especially designed for. motor men who areobli ed to continually grasp the brake and controfier handles which naturall rest against the palm and inner side of t e thumb of the hand portion of the glove or'mitten, and the strain and wear is,- therefore, the greatest at the junction of the thumb with the palm.

. Heretofore, so far as I am aware, the reinforcing piece for the thumb has been made arate from that which covers the palm,

se i which leaves a seam at the junction of the thumb piece -with the palm, and the strain beingmost severe at this junction, the stitches are soon worn out and renders the glove or mitten comparatively short lived.

The essential purpose of my invention is to make the reinforcing thumb and palm pieces of one piece of leather so thatthe reinforcement will be continuous 'across the junction of the thumb with the palm of the glove proper, and also to provide the one-piece relnforcement with an extension around the base of the thumb'so that its end ma be stitched into the seam at the outside 0' the thumb, thereby obviating the necessity for anynseams in the one-piece reinforcement.

' the drawings,Figure 1 is an inner face view of the glove or mitten embodying the features of-my invention. Fi 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on ine 22, Fig. 1, showing the continuity of the reinforcing piece across the seam at the junction of the t umb with the palm of the glove.

A represents the glove proper having a palm portion aand a t umb a which are stitched together at their junctions 1, the body and thumb of the glove being usually made of separate pieces. The one-piece reinforcement 2 of leather issecured by stitching or other suitable fastening means to the palm of the hand, and is formed with an extension 3 a covering theinner side ofthe thumb a', so that the reinforcement is continuous across the inner side of the seam 1-. The main body of the hand of the glove has a seam 4 running along its outer edge to the reinforcing piece ,2 and the pad '2 extends entirely across the palm and has one edge stitched 1n the seam 4, while its other edge is drawn a sli ht distance over the opposite side of the glove and stitched thereto as best seen in Fig. 1. This onepiece reinforcement is also formed with an additional extension 5, integral thefts with, and extending partially around the base of the thumb, and having its extreme end stitched at 6 at the outer side of the thumb a,., thereby avoiding an extra seam and adding to the wearing qualities of the reinforcing piece. The marginal edges of this reinforcement 2 including its thumb extension 3 are stitched to the hand of the glove proper, and while it may be desirable to stitch portions of the reinforcing piece at 7 palm of the glove, yet I refer to leave the intermediate portion wit the margin of the thumb reinforcement '3 free from.

stitches for the reason that the wear is most severe at the center of its thumb portion and its junction with the palm 2-.

It will be seen tom the foregoing description that the essential feature of my invention consists in providing a one-piece reinforcement -2- having the extensions 3 and 5, one of which such as the extension -3'is continuous across the junction of iagonally across the the thumb a with the hand of the glove, i around the base of the thumb and engaged While the other extension 5- partially in the seam of the thumb, and spaced metal encircles the base of the thumb andhas its fastening devices connecting the palm atextrerne end stitched to the body of the glove tachment at points where the greatest W881 15 near the Wrist portion. occurs.

"What I claim is: i In Witness whereof I have hereunto set A one piece palm attachment for gloves my hand this 14th day of December, 1905. having its ends secured in the side seems at: l JOHN E. LANDON.

se id glove and. with a projecting tonguel Witnesses: adapted to cover the thumb of said glove 1 H. E. CHASE, end a second projecting tongue extendmg l M. M. NOTT. 

